Famous Deaths Happened In 1848

Jan 05 On this day in history ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73  

Jan 09 Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750) died on this day in history.  

Jan 20 On this day in history death of christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)  

Feb 15 Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771) died in the year 1848.  

Feb 20 In the year 1848 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29  

Feb 23 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 in the year 1848.  

Mar 03 In the year 1848 heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies  

Mar 20 Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 in the year 1848.  

Mar 29 In the year 1848 john Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84  

Apr 08 In the year 1848 domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50  

Apr 10 Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Apr 24 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Apr 30 On this day in history friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53  

May 11 Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) died on this day in history.  

May 18 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF in the year 1848.  

May 25 On this day in history death of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)  

May 31 Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) died on this day in history.  

Jun 27 On this day in history death of denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54  

Jul 04 On this day in history francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies  

Jul 22 In the year 1848 karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60  

Aug 06 In the year 1848 nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58  

Aug 07 In the year 1848 death of jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)  

Aug 09 Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies in the year 1848.  

Aug 12 George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies in the year 1848.  

Aug 15 Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 in the year 1848.  

Sep 11 Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Oct 04 On this day in history louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82  

Oct 05 In the year 1848 death of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)  

Oct 26 On this day in history vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies  

Oct 27 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46 in the year 1848.  

Nov 09 In the year 1848 death of robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed  

Nov 10 Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786) died in the year 1848.  

Nov 15 On this day in history death of p Rossi, Italian, murdered  

Nov 17 In the year 1848 jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies  

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of john Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)  

Jan 04 Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet  

Jan 09 Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18 Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 19 John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904) was born in the year 1848.  

Jan 21 Henri Duparc, French composer was born in the year 1848.  

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages)